Research Briefing
This briefing paper provides an overview of flood and coastal risk management in the UK, including which bodies manage risk, current UK Government policy on flood risk management, and how flood funding works.
Debate Pack
There will be a general debate on the fifth anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire in the House of Commons chamber on 16 June 2022. The subject for this debate was determined by the Backbench Business Committee.
Debate Pack
There will be a general debate on social housing and building safety in the House of Commons chamber on 9 June 2022. This debate pack provides background information.
Research Briefing
A briefing on the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill 2022-23
Research Briefing
This briefing explains how the UK Shared Prosperity Fund will work in practice, and compares it to the EU structural funding that it is intended to replace.
Debate Pack
This page provides links to information for the Westminster Hall debate scheduled for 14:30 on 27 April 2022. The debate will cover the availability of affordable housing in Devon and Cornwall and will be led by Selaine Saxby MP.
Research Briefing
This briefing looks at the history of the development of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, covering the issues around its design and the response it has received.
Research Briefing
This briefing explains how affordable housing is defined, and looks at trends in housing affordability and the supply of affordable housing.
Debate Pack
A Westminster Hall debate on General practice capacity for large-scale housing developments is scheduled for 29 March 2022 at 9:30am. The debate will be led by Andrew Selous MP.
Research Briefing
This briefing paper outlines the the 'community right to bid' for ‘assets of community value’, introduced into England by the Localism Act 2011. It also covers other community powers regarding land and property, including community asset transfer, the Right to Contest, and equivalent provisions in Scotland and Wales.
Debate Pack
A debate on large solar farms will be held in Westminster Hall on Wednesday 9 March at 2.30pm. The debate will be opened by Brendan Clarke-Smith MP.
Constituency Casework
An explanation of how planning and housing policies might be used to ensure local people benefit from housing provision.
Research Briefing
The briefing looks at the Government’s “levelling up” agenda, including a summary of its February 2022 levelling up white paper.
Research Briefing
This briefing looks at the background to the UK Government's freeports policy, including the Spring 2021 Budget's announcement of freeport locations.
Research Briefing
The white paper Planning for the Future's proposals in 2020 for "once in a generation" reform of England's planning system proved controversial. This briefing examines those proposals and the other planning changes made during the Covid-19 pandemic - including changes to the standard method for calculating housing need - and the most recent proposals in the Levelling Up white paper.
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